Hopefully the wait is almost over for those waiting for their orders. I feel for customers as I was waiting for a Freya before I gave up and bought the Saga as mentioned above. From what I understand, the heating up economy is causing shortages all over. It’s definitely a good job market in many areas.
I ended up returning the Saga. I had thought that I was getting some depth to the soundstage with some material, but that might have been a little optimistic as I’m not getting that now. I also can’t really hear any differences between passive and tube stage.
I burned in the Saga for 50 hours. It does sound very good with a wide soundstage and a neutral sound, though it sounded bright at times in my system.
I found that I needed some gain and missed having remote on/off, bass management, and 12volt triggers, to name a few things lacking that the Parasound P5 has. I thought the Saga might replace the P5 for me, but to my ears it doesn’t.
The P5 gives enough spatial cues to have 3D imaging, or depth to the imaging, at least with my system. Plus the tone seems fuller. So the Saga is going back.
Just out of curiousity, has anyone been getting good depth to the soundstage with either the Freya or Saga?
